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What happens to informal institutions and practices when political actors decide to implement democratic institutional reforms aimed at relieving formal institutions of informal constraints? Does... Read more

Abstract The presentation focuses on the establishment of the European Banking Union (‘EBU’), its incorporation into the system of EU monetary and financial institutions and law, its unfinished... Read more

Rising frustration over Russia’s actions in Ukraine and elsewhere have led some Western leaders to conclude that Russian leaders are living in a “different world.” My presentation will examine the... Read more

Enrique García, Executive President, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Director of the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford, Roger Goodman, Head of Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, José Antonio Ocampo, Professor, Columbia University & Former Minister of Finance, Colombia, Germán Ríos, Director of Strategic Affairs, CAF -Development Bank of Latin America, Timothy Power, Director of the Brazilian Studies Programme, University of Oxford, David Doyle, Associate Professor of Politics, University of Oxford, Eduardo Posada-Carbó, Professor of the History and Politics of Latin America, University of Oxford, Sonia Gontero, Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC, Angel Melguizo, Head of the Latin American and Caribbean Unit at, OECD, Cecilia López, President, CiSoe, Daniel Ortega, Director of Impact Evaluation and Policy Learning, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Carlota Pérez, Professor of Technology and Development, London School of Economics, Fabiana Machado, Research Economist, IDB, Carlos Ominami, Former Minister of Economy and Former Senator, Chile

4 November 2016 - 8:30am to 6:00pm

Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College

The Conference will launch a third joint programme between CAF and the Latin American Centre at the University of Oxford. It builds on an exciting collaboration between the Centre and CAF-Development... Read more

Professor Stein Ringen presents his book The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century. The Chinese political economy is like no other system known to man, now or in history. This book explains... Read more

Two decades after the Dayton Peace Agreement came into force, Bosnia is not at war. However, the absence of war is not peace. Bosnia has failed to move on from conflict. Political processes are... Read more

Alan Knight , professor emeritus of the History of Latin America, Oxford University; formerly of the Universities of Texas and Essex; author of The Mexican Revolution (1986, new Spanish edition 2010... Read more

Abstract On July 15th 2016, Turkey had experienced a coup d’etat attempt, which left 240 people dead, 1573 people injured. Drastic events that occurred during and after the high time of the coup not... Read more

Moldova remains torn between its historic economic and cultural ties to Russia, and the lure of funding and support from the EU and US. Presidential elections on 30 October present the electorate... Read more

Brexit was a wake up call - but a wake up to what? A nightmare of Farage proportions that drags Britain further into an Atlantic of fear and chronic isolation? Or a wake up to mend our broken... Read more